Wendell Lloyd

Wendell Lloyd was a US senator (R) who was involved with organized crime during Prohibition.

Biography
Wendell Lloyd was from an affluent Protestant family, and he became a United States senator with the US Republican Party. In 1931, he met with crime boss Enoch Thompson in Havana, Cuba to discuss the importation of Caribbean rum into the USA during Prohibition. Lloyd was convinced that importing liquor would be a good business, with his tense behavior being loosened by a few Presidente drinks and by the company of some prostitutes. However, Lloyd would back off and head to Washington DC even after Thompson secured exclusive importation rights for Bacardi rum, as he feared that Thompson's reputation as a bootlegger would scare off partners.